After Amitabh Bachchan and Anil Kapoor debuted on small screen, actor-turned-filmmaker Amol Palekar is all set to walk on the same pathway. His fans will soon see him in Life Ok's show Roshni... Ek Nayi Ummid. The medical drama is based on the backdrop of clash of ideologies within the family.

Palekar
who is known for his good acting and film-making skills during
his acting career, gave hits like Gol Maal (1979), Chitchor,
Chhoti si Baat, Baton Baton Mein etc. Later, he switched to
filmmaking and came up with great movies like Paheli, Quest and
Dhoosra. Apparently, it was not acting but filmmaking which
interested him more and after establishing himself as an actor in the
industry, he chose to become a filmmaker. However, he never closed
the doors for any acting offers and has decided to make a come back
on the small screen almost two decades later.

In
Focus

Interestingly,
the working schedule of small screen and Bollywood industry is pretty
different and Palekar is well aware of it too. While talking to
one media person, he himself accepted it, "I heard horror
stories about television scenario from my collegaues and particularly
daily soaps, how they shoot, how people have to work round the
clock." The actor also claimed that he never kept himself away from
any acting offers during his filmmaking career and was waiting for
good acting offers. The actor is known for being choosy and always
worked in the good projects. He is one of those actors who always
stand on their his words, and if the relative project fails to shoot
the right aim or turns into a cliche then he feels no hesitation to
leave it in no time. Hopefully, Roshni... Ek Nayi Ummid will not back
fire like others serials Diya aur Baati Hum, Balika Vadhu which ended
up as boring daily soaps.

He
further added that how he doesn't find the word 'come-back' good
and detests the concept, "I have a strong allergy to this word
comeback. I don't think there is any kind of comeback. I was an actor
by accident. So how that accident happened, that I have said several
times", as repoted by media.

Being
allergic to the come-back word, Palekar accepted how filmmaking
was his first choice, but he become an actor accidently. Now,
everyone is expecting that Amol Palekar will perform on the small
screen in the same as he did in his Bollywood career.

Presently,
the small screen is full of stereotypical serials and Amol Palekar
who finds the project interesting expected that Roshni... Ek Nayi
Ummid will not fall in the same list.

Hope
for the best and be ready to see the flamboyant actor like Amol
Palekar on the small screen.